{"id":2573,"date":"2021-11-23T12:20:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T12:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CBMibmh0dHBzOi8vY29ubmVjdGljdXQubmV3czEyLmNvbS9jb25jZXJuLWFib3V0LXBlb3BsZS1kcml2aW5nLWhpZ2gtaW5jcmVhc2VzLWFzLXJlY3JlYXRpb25hbC1tYXJpanVhbmEtbGVnYWxpemVk0gEA"},"modified":"2021-11-23T12:20:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T12:20:26","slug":"concern-about-people-driving-high-increases-as-recreational-marijuana-legalized-news-12-connecticut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=2573","title":{"rendered":"Concern about people driving high increases as recreational marijuana legalized &#8211; News 12 Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/concern-about-people-driving-high-increases-as-recreational-marijuana-legalized-news-12-connecticut.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">\n<p><span class=\"public-at\">Nov 23, 2021, 12:18pm<\/span><span class=\"text\">Updated 2h ago<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By: <\/span><span class=\"author\">News 12 Staff<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>With recreational pot becoming legal in New<br \/>\nYork, health officials are expressing concern that there will be more people on<br \/>\nthe roads driving high.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say each person&#8217;s<br \/>\nbody reacts differently to the chemicals in marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Police tell News 12 that pot should be treated<br \/>\nlike alcohol, with sobriety tests being used to check drivers.<\/p>\n<p>As for crashes, some studies show no increase<br \/>\nafter marijuana was legalized &#8211; while others found the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>A top AAA official<br \/>\nsays education is key. &#8220;There<br \/>\nneeds to be a rigorous public education campaign not only for youngsters but<br \/>\nalso for the general public&#8230;there is a need for more<br \/>\nDREs (drug recognition<br \/>\nexperts). &nbsp;All the revenue that comes from<br \/>\nmarijuana sales, we want more police to be trained as drug recognition<br \/>\nexperts,&#8221; says Robert Sinclair Jr., of AAA Northeast.<\/p>\n<div class=\"block\">Breathalyzer-like devices that measure THC, the<br \/>\npsycho-active ingredient in marijuana, are in various stages of development. <\/div>\n<div id=\"related-stories\" class=\"jsx-2652667184\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-2652667184\">Related <\/span><span class=\"jsx-2652667184\">Stories<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-icons\"><span>Share this story<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nov 23, 2021, 12:18pmUpdated 2h ago By: News 12 Staff With recreational pot becoming legal in New York, health officials are expressing concern that there will be more people on the roads driving high. Experts say each person&#8217;s body reacts differently to the chemicals in marijuana. Police tell News 12 that pot should be treated like alcohol, with sobriety tests being used to check drivers. As for crashes, some studies show no increase after marijuana was legalized &#8211; while others found the opposite. A top AAA official says education is key. &#8220;There needs to be a rigorous public education campaign&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/concern-about-people-driving-high-increases-as-recreational-marijuana-legalized-news-12-connecticut.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}